名詞 obliquity:

1. the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
   同義詞：asynclitism
2. the quality of being deceptive
   同義詞：deceptiveness

o.bliq.ui.ty

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 o.bliq.ui.ties
The quality or condition of being oblique.
傾斜：傾斜的性質(zhì)或狀況

A deviation from a vertical or horizontal line, plane, position, or direction.
傾角：來自垂直或水平線、面、位置或方向的偏差
The angle or extent of such a deviation.
偏斜：這種偏斜的角度或范圍

A mental deviation or aberration.
神經(jīng)錯亂或精神變態(tài)
Immoral conduct.
違背道德

Obscurity in conduct or verbal expression:
轉(zhuǎn)彎抹角：拐彎抹角的舉動或表達(dá)：
例句：
.It may be that the candor of contemporary literature creates a nostalgia for indirection, obliquity and deferral.(Anatole Broyard)
.可能是當(dāng)代文學(xué)的坦率創(chuàng)造了迂回、晦澀和遲滯的懷舊風(fēng)格.(阿納托爾·布魯瓦亞爾)

An obscure statement.
晦澀的拐彎抹角的話

【引伸】
obliq.uitous
adj.（形容詞）